Tracy: Well-- That call -- That call means you just murdered me. Mal: No, son. You murdered yourself. I just carried the bullet a while.

'The Message'


Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?  

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quester - Jan 29, 2009 4:57:42 pm PST #673 of 30002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

2 "In memory ofs" and neither is Kim?


Theresa - Jan 29, 2009 4:59:37 pm PST #674 of 30002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"

The show is losing a lot of people evidently.


Amy - Jan 29, 2009 4:59:45 pm PST #675 of 30002
Because books.

It was probably too late to add the title card for this week.

Wow, way to make me cry, new writers. Sheesh.

Saaaaaaaaaamy...

And Dean, too. Poor noodle.


SailAweigh - Jan 29, 2009 5:00:30 pm PST #676 of 30002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Maybe it was just too soon for them to get the trailer updated. I'm sure they would have if they could have.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 29, 2009 5:01:34 pm PST #677 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Refreshing change for the episode ender.

I didn't think the actor who played young Dean did well at all... trying way too hard to be all superficial Danny Zuko-ish, and he looked like he would grow up to be Hugh Laurie, not Jensen Ackles. They should have just cut out his parts and featured Mini-Sam (who was amazing) and the modern day stuff.


Morgana - Jan 29, 2009 5:09:00 pm PST #678 of 30002
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber

I agree that teen!Sam was awesome.


Juliebird - Jan 29, 2009 5:14:30 pm PST #679 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

I liked young!Dean for the most part (though I didn't buy him shouting lamely "I'm a hero!"), especially for the insight that he thought Sam must have hated that school because he did. I also liked that it reinforced why he preferred the hunter life and Sam preferred being a Muggle.


Marcia - Jan 29, 2009 7:08:41 pm PST #680 of 30002
Kneel before Glod. ~Stephen Colbert

Wow... Great episode!

I agree with everyone here: Colin Ford is a phenomenal Young Sam. He really did a great job not only playing older than his actual years, but playing Sammy as a boy with an old soul.

I think within the context of a younger, more shallow and thoughtless Dean, Brock Kelly did well. It sure reinforced the idea that, with the exception of his one girlfriend in Route 666 (and a one-night-stand with an angel), Dean never connects with anyone on an emotional level. Except Sam. It also emphasized that even though the brothers are more than four years apart, they were best friends and confidantes. It sure drew out how much the two have lost a lot over the years - including themselves, and to some extent, each other.

This episode really brought back the Sam I first saw - the Sam on the cusp of making a life for himself. Sam's reaction to his teacher's question at the end of the episode was heartbreaking.

Terrific episode from start to finish!


sumi - Jan 29, 2009 7:25:54 pm PST #681 of 30002
Art Crawl!!!

I really enjoyed it too. Colin Ford? Excellent job. What a heartbreaking story.

And I have to admit that I was surprised at the two non-Kim Manners people they dedicated the show to - this show is having some sad times.


Beverly - Jan 29, 2009 7:33:06 pm PST #682 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

I can't help wonder if Colin has been watching game tapes, or if he's just acting Sam the way he's written and directed.

It does seem like Ford uses at least embryonic mannerisms, especially postures, that we've become familiar with in adult Sam.

I thought Brock Kelly (really? we're shading into Tab Hunter and Rip Torn territory here, nu?) had the voice down phenomenally well in some scenes--to the point I wondered if Ackles VO'd the scene. But he did come across much older than I'd have expected Dean to be, given how young Sam seemed to be. Of all four Weechester actors, Ford is far and away the nearest approximation to how his character is played by the adult actor.

ETA: The fight scene was excellently done. Ford had none of the childish flailing and over-zealous but ineffective walloping that most children have. He absolutely sold every blow he landed. I believed wee Sam could take the bully twice his size, making every punch count.